[Faith-talk] The Purpose of This List

Sun Sep 4 14:06:55 UTC 2016

The Jehovah’s Witnesses have tons of braille materials. I was a JW about 10 years ago.

> On Sep 4, 2016, at 10:02 AM, debby via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I have seen a Braille Quran pardon my bad spelling, in Braille and I believe it was in English. I also know that the Mormons andthe Jehovah's Witnesses have material in braille, or at least they used to. My grandmother was a Jehovah's Witness and got me some braille stuff.
> 
> How sad for this Muslim woman. Whether I agree with Islam or not, a person ought to be a to get accessible material in English if that's their primary language, and either bhl or audible.     Blessings,    Debby
> 
> On Sep 3, 2016 10:09 PM, Sarah Blake LaRose via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> It would be helpful to me to understand the purpose of the list (and the 
>> communities of faith division as well since I am new to NFB). I know that 
>> the NFB has a division specifically for Jewish members. Where do Muslims go 
>> in the There are valid reasons for members of particular faith groups to 
>> come together to talk about blindness and faith. In both the Christian and 
>> Jewish communities, there are networks of service probiders where people go 
>> for their literature needs, religious education help, accessibility 
>> awareness training for faith communities, etc. I am not acquainted with any 
>> providers of accessible material for blind Muslims in the United States. I 
>> am, in fact, acquainted with some blind Muslims in the United States. One of 
>> them told me she had a braille Quran in Arabic, but she did not know how to 
>> read it and had nowhere to learn unless she went overseas. Friends, this is 
>> not ok. Jews can learn Hebrew in the United States. Christians can learn 
>> Hebrew and Greek if they want to study the Bible in its languages. As a 
>> matter of fact, in doctoral programs where people study biblical languages, 
>> universities often encourage people to study Arabic so that the linguistic 
>> structure can be compared with Hebrew.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sarah Blake LaRose, M.Div., accessible instruction in biblical languages
>> Personal mail: sarah at sarahblakelarose.com
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>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Brandon Olivares via Faith-Talk
>> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2016 11:51 PM
>> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
>> Cc: Brandon Olivares
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] The Purpose of This List
>> 
>> I wouldn’t go that far. If Islamic topics are banned, then so should be 
>> Christian topics. As David said, this is not a Christian list. It is a list 
>> about faith.
>> 
>> I agree Mostafa goes overboard, but there shouldn’t be a blanket ban of 
>> Muslims posting. Your own opinions about Islam, or any other faith, are 
>> exactly that: your opinions.
>> 
>> Brandon
>>> On Sep 3, 2016, at 11:45 PM, Emanuel via Faith-Talk 
>>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Amen please dont poste things about islam here
>>> Skickat från min kapsys
>>> 
>>> Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> skrev:
>>> 
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> 
>>>> I guess I need to post this again, even though it says it in the
>>>> header, and maybe the footer of all the messges.  This list is
>>>> for the discussion of faith and blindness.  Because I am a born
>>>> again believer in Christ, I have allowed prayer requests, quotes,
>>>> and articles that speak to listers who share them with us.  I
>>>> believe that it's important, especially in these last days before
>>>> Christ snatches His own away from this earth, to support and
>>>> encourage each other.
>>>> 
>>>> As for Adam, he's been asked not to post his false teachings
>>>> here, but I can't stop him, and I can't unsubscribe him.  I don't
>>>> believe that he is blind, either.  The best thing to do with his
>>>> posts is to delete them without responding.  The best thing to do
>>>> for him is to pray for his soul's salvation.  First, though, he
>>>> has to believe what the Bible says.  He believes that he has had
>>>> additional revelations, including that the exodus hasn't
>>>> happened, but will soon.
>>>> 
>>>> As for Mostafa, he's a Muslim living in Egypt, and is blind, as
>>>> far as I know.  He just wants to post his Islamic propoganda, and
>>>> will not respond to anything we say in response.  He doesn't
>>>> count what we believe as important, and wants us to convert to
>>>> Islam.  So, do the same with his posts: delete them without
>>>> responding.  Pray for the salvation of his soul.  His God is not
>>>> the one Christians worship.  Our God would not command us to kill
>>>> those who disagree with us about morality and the Bible, but
>>>> counts every life as precious because He created us all.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyway, this is still a free country, and people are free to join
>>>> and post to this list as long as they are respectful of all the
>>>> listers.  Use discretion.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Linda Mentink, List Moderator
>>>> 
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